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BURSLEM POST OFFICE WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Ian Taylor 2024

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IN IN MEMORY AND HONOUR
OF THE MEN FROM BURSLEM P.O
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919

EMERY	John P	Private 7519, 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Went missing presumed dead 21 March 1918. Aged 33. Husband of Mary Ann, of 9, Heaton Terrace, Porthill, Stoke-on-Trent. Served from the outbreak of the war. No known grave. Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 67 and 68.
GIBSON	Arthur	Private 5393, 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars. Killed 5 November 1914. Aged 30. Son of the late William and Francis Gibson, of 58, Rathbone Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent; husband of Catharine Gibson, of 8, York Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, (local press state 13, Reid Street, Dalehill, Burslem); they had three young children. No known grave. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 5.
HUTCHINSON	Albert	Gunner 191646, 409th Battery, 96th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Died from his wounds 2 August 1918. Resident and enlisted Burslem Staffordshire. Husband of Betsy Hutchinson, of 3, Mellor Street (now Kelsall Street), Burslem. Enlisted in October 1916. In the 1911 census he was aged 29, born Brownhills, near Walsall, Staffordshire, a Postman, married to Betsy Hutchinson with one daughter, resident 3 Mellor St Burslem Staff, Burslem, Staffordshire. Buried in Abeele Aerodrome Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot II. Row C. Grave 15.
ROBINSON	Alfred	In the 1911 census he was aged 29, born Burslem, Staffordshire, a Postman, son of Teresa Robinson (a widow), resident 3, Louise Street, Burslem, Staffordshire. No further details currently available.
STUDD	W	No further information currently available.

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Last updated 2 April, 2024